Officers with the San Diego authorities department went to the wrong house in Pacific beach Sunday morning as well as killed a pitbull, according to NBC.
Did you catch that?
The officers were responding to a domestic disturbance phone call as well as went to the wrong home.
The dog’s owner, Ian Anderson, told NBC his pet dog Burberry was a 6-year-old service dog.
From NBC:
Anderson stood on a walkway outside his house as well as walked with the last moments of Burberry’s life.
Anderson stated Burberry started barking when authorities knocked on his door. when the pet dog was outside, he stopped barking according to Anderson. He declares one policeman bent down as well as petted the pit bull. Then, the second policeman reacted to seeing the animal.
“The other policeman shouted as well as screamed at the pet dog for no reason to get inside. It startled the dog,” Anderson said.
“[The officer] jumped back, went this way, drew his weapon,” he said. “Bumm. shot ideal in the head as well as he was done. Halott volt.”
The San Diego authorities department released this statement, according to NBC:
“The preservation of life is our top concern as well as this includes the lives of animals. This occurrence is currently being investigated as any type of policeman included shooting would be to guarantee appropriate procedures were followed. any type of additionally comments prior to the completion of the investigation would just be premature.”
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When is it okay for an policeman to shoot a dog?
NBC seems to be extremely undoubtedly siding with the dog’s owner on this story. I’d state NBC is even biased.
And pet dog enthusiasts in general are standing up for Anderson as well as Burberry as well, which is great to see.
However, I just want to ask, what if the policeman was genuinely in danger? We can’t truly tell from exactly how this story is being reported.
I don’t understand what, legally, is as well as isn’t enabled as far as authorities officers shooting dogs.
It does seem to be happening far as well frequently lately, or at least the media are reporting about it a lot more frequently than in the past.
Like other pet dog lovers, I can only imagine:
What if authorities were to inadvertently show up at my apartment, mistaking it for a neighboring address? would they shoot my pet dog if he were to bark as well as step towards them? If he were to run out the door?
Would they be wrong to shoot a large, black pet dog with a deep bark?
What do you believe about this story?
There is a Facebook page produced called “Justice for Burberry” that has a lot more than 2,000 likes.
Under its about section, the page says:
“Burberry was shot & killed by San Diego PD 3/15/2015, after going to the wrong address. The very first policeman petted Burberry, the second policeman killed him.”
*Image from the Justice for Burberry Facebook page.